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CA2537605C
CA2537605C CA2537605A CA2537605A CA2537605C CA 2537605 C CA2537605 C CA 2537605C CA 2537605 A CA2537605 A CA 2537605A CA 2537605 A CA2537605 A CA 2537605A CA 2537605 C CA2537605 C CA 2537605C
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The present invention relates to an improved cutting wheel, comprising a disk-shaped abrasive body having two opposite faces and a non-uniform thickness.

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Title: IMPROVED CUTTING WHEEL

The present invention relates to an improved cutting wheel.
Thin, flat and depressed center cutting wheels are known, which consist of a thin disk of abrasive material, typically molded from a mixture of granules of suitable hardness and binders, and having hole at its center, optionally reinforced, for mounting it onto a rotating spindle.

The opposite faces of these wheels are usually flat and parallel to define a constant thickness of the abrasive disk.

The forward motion imparted to the cut-off wheel is parallel to the plane of the wheel itself, thereby causing the workpiece to be cut across.
Therefore, in use, both faces of the wheel rub against the cut surfaces generated by cutting the workpiece, thereby generating high frictions, and the wheel fits in the gap defined by such surfaces, thereby making chip removal, ventilation of the working area, hence cooling, rather difficult.

These cutting wheels are susceptible of further improvements.
The specific object of some embodiments of this invention is to provide such improvements by proposing an improved cutting wheel that is optimized as compared with prior art, particularly in terms of versatility, resistance and quality of the cut surfaces formed on the workpieces and easier penetration in solid section cuts.

Within this technical frame, another object of some embodiments of the invention is to accomplish the above tasks by providing a simple structure, that ensures relatively easy practical implementation, safe use and effective operation, as well as a relatively low cost.

According to an embodiment, there is provided a cutting wheel, which comprises a disk-shaped abrasive body having two opposite faces, characterized in that said body has a non-uniform thickness.

According to another embodiment, there is provided a cutting wheel, comprising: a disk-shaped abrasive body having two opposite faces; a plurality of raised profiles associated to at least one face of said two opposite faces of the body so that the wheel has a non-uniform cross-sectional thickness, the thickness of the wheel between the two body faces being, overall, lower than the thickness over said raised profiles; wherein said body and raised profiles are formed of an abrasive material in one piece in which density distribution of the abrasive material is non-uniform, density of the abrasive material being lower at said raised profiles than in said body.

According to a further embodiment, there is provided a method for manufacturing a cutting wheel as described above, comprising: introducing abrasive material in a mold that is suitably shaped for forming the body of the wheel in one piece with a plurality of raised profiles that are provided on at least one face of the body; forming, by molding the abrasive material in the mold, the wheel body in one piece with a plurality of raised profiles provided on at least one face thereof, the molded body having non-uniform cross-sectional thickness; and providing in the body and the raised profiles, during forming in the mold, a non-uniform density distribution of the abrasive material, wherein the density of the material is lower at the raised profiles than in said body.

According to a still further embodiment, there is provided a cutting wheel comprising a disk-shaped abrasive body having two opposite faces, wherein said body has a plurality of raised profiles associated to at least one of the faces so that said body has a non-uniform thickness, said profiles: a. being formed of one piece with said face, b. being arranged over an annular band near the periphery of said face, c. having an elongated shape, d. having a constant thickness, said body comprising abrasive material with a non uniform density distribution, the abrasive material having a lower density at said profiles, wherein said profiles extend in a radial direction on the face towards the center of the disk-shaped abrasive body, so that a central flat area, depressed with respect to said profiles, is defined on said face.

According to yet another embodiment, there is provided a method for the manufacture of a cutting wheel as described above, comprising a step of molding said body with said profiles, so that said profiles are formed of one piece with said face wherein said molding step is achieved in a mold comprising cavities filled with a resilient material, said profiles being formed by said cavities filled with a resilient material.

Further features and advantages of this invention will become more apparent from the detailed description of a few preferred non exclusive embodiments of an improved cutting wheel, presented by way of non illustration, and without limitation in the accompanying drawings in which:

Figure 1 is a schematic front view of a first embodiment of the wheel of the invention;

Figure 2 is a schematic front view of a second embodiment of the wheel of the invention;

Figure 3 is a schematic front view of a third embodiment of the wheel of the invention;

Figure 4 is a schematic front view of a fourth embodiment of the wheel of the invention;

2a Figure 5 is a schematic front view of a fifth embodiment of the wheel of the invention;

Figure 6 is a schematic cross-sectional view as taken along plane VI-VI of Figure 5;

Figures 7a to 7f are schematic cross sectional view of a few profiles of the wheel of the invention.

Particularly referring to the above figures, an improved cutting wheel has been generally designated by numeral 1.

The wheel 1 comprises a disk-shaped abrasive body 2 having two opposite faces 3, with an aperture 4 of any shape, optionally reinforced, formed at its center, for fitting it to a conventional spindle.

According to the invention, the body 2 has a non-uniform thickness throughout its extension. Particularly, the body 2 has at least one raised profile 5 associated to at least one of the faces 3, which may be added to such face or, preferably, formed of one piece therewith, such as by molding.

This profile may be formed by a special mold cavity, which may be either empty or filled with a resilient material (e.g. rubber of any type), or by fitting smooth molds with perforated disks having special patterns to form the raised profile.

The profile 5 preferably has an elongate shape, to form a sort of rib, and has a substantially straight or curvilinear extension (arc of a circle, arc of an ellipse, or else).

The profile 5 may extend in an essentially radial direction from the face 3.

The profile 5 may connect smoothly to the surrounding portion of the face 5, to prevent impacts with the workpiece, but it may also have no smooth connection thereto.

Furthermore, it may have various shapes and sizes, in cross section throughout its length, depending on the desired aesthetical and/or functional results (e.g. performance optimization, cutting capacity). Certain possible sections of the profile 5 are shown by way of example in Figures 7a to 7f.

The profile 5 has a substantially constant thickness at least throughout its central portion, preferably of less than 0,001 m, and its size transverse its length and parallel to the face 3 is either substantially constant, or increasing or decreasing as it approaches the periphery of the face.

The wheel 1 advantageously has a plurality of profiles 5 arranged near the periphery of the face 3.

The profiles 5 are preferably arranged in succession, with a substantially constant angular pitch or in symmetric sets (also for balancing purposes, considering that these are high-speed rotating bodies) over an annular band of any size on face 3.

Therefore, the wheel 1 has a plurality of grooves 6 for removing chips formed during processing and/or ventilation and cooling of the working area, which are defined between two successive profiles 5 of the above succession.

Depending on the shape of the profiles 5, the wheel 1 may have a preferred direction of rotation, for improved chip removal and enhanced cooling of the cutting area.

The wheel 1 preferably has profiles 5 associated to or made of one piece with each of the faces 3; the profiles 5 on the two faces 3 may either have matching angular phase positions or be alternated or offset through a desired angle.

The inventive conformation is particularly advantageous for wheels 1 whose diameter is of 0.05 m to 0.35 m and whose thickness is of the order of about 1/60 of the diameter, or less.

Figure 1 shows a first embodiment of the wheel of the invention, in which the faces 3, one whereof is only visible in the figure, are shaped to define a plurality of slightly curved profiles 5, arranged in succession over an annular band. The profiles 5 are arranged over each face 3 with their convexities oriented in the same direction and with outward inclinations to the radius, either constant or not, in the direction opposite to the direction of rotation.

Figure 2 shows a second embodiment of the wheel of the invention, in which the faces 3, one whereof is only visible in the figure, are shaped to define a plurality of curvilinear profiles 5, arranged in succession over an annular band. The profiles 5 are arranged over each face with their convexities oriented in the same direction, and with their ends lying on respective symmetric radial directions.

Figure 3 shows a third embodiment of the wheel of the invention, in which the faces 3, one whereof is only visible in the figure, are shaped to define a plurality of zigzag profiles 5, extending along respective broken lines arranged in succession over an annular band.

Figure 4 shows a fourth embodiment of the wheel of the invention, in which the faces 3, one whereof is only visible in the figure, are shaped to define a plurality of straight profiles 5 of different lengths, inclined in respective symmetric radial directions and arranged in succession with a constant angular pitch over an annular band. The longer profiles 5 alternate with shorter profiles.

Finally, Figures 5 and 6 show a fifth embodiment of the wheel of the invention, in which the faces 3, one whereof is only visible in the figure, are shaped to define a plurality of straight profiles 5 of equal lengths, inclined in respective symmetric radial directions and arranged in succession with a constant angular pitch over an annular band.

The above disclosed invention was found to fulfill the intended objects.

Particularly, if the wheels are fabricated by molding, the abrasive material will have a non uniform density distribution, namely lower at the profiles, where the molding volume within the molds is larger, thereby affording a higher versatility of use in response to the various types of material to be cut. Particularly, the areas having a higher density and hardness are more effective with soft materials, whereas the areas having a lower density are more suitable for processing harder materials.

Thus, the invention so conceived provides various areas of different densities, wherein the ratio between such areas of different densities varies as required, and in view of performance optimization.

Furthermore, the provision of raised profiles allows the inventive wheels to have a higher bending strength as well as a higher lateral stability as compared with prior art wheels of equal thickness.

The invention is particularly useful in the manufacture of the very thin cutting wheels, which have been increasingly popular in recent years and that, for the diameters of 115 mm and 125 mm, are being sold with thicknesses of 0.8 mm and even less; these traditional wheels have no lateral bending strength and the invention may considerably improve such strength.

Furthermore, when such wheels are used to cut workpieces having a solid section or a large thickness, the contact area between the wheel and the faces generated by cutting the workpieces is limited to the tips of the raised profiles, which dramatically reduces friction generated heat and enhances ventilation and removal of chips from the working area through the grooves defined between the raised profiles.

Finally, it should be noted that the wheel of the invention has particularly pleasing aesthetic qualities; such qualities may be enhanced by adding color to the raised profiles or cavities, through the use of various colors or materials (plastic materials, colored papers, combinations of papers and plastic or metal films, having either uniform colors all over the surface of different colors for the raised portions and the background) to obtain multicolored effects and customize the wheel. Color differentiation may be also obtained by chemical or mechanical migration/reaction of pigments or materials within the body of the wheel, which may migrate in various manners to the side surfaces as a function of different densities or permeabilities of the lateral films.

The invention so conceived is susceptible of a number of changes and variants, within the inventive concept disclosed in the appended claims.

Furthermore, all the details may be replaced by other technically equivalent parts.

Any materials, shapes and sizes may be used in practice, depending on specific needs, without departure from the scope of the following claims.

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CLAIMS:
1. A cutting wheel comprising a disk-shaped abrasive body having two opposite faces, wherein said body has a plurality of raised profiles associated to at least one of the faces so that said body has a non-uniform thickness, said profiles:

a. being formed of one piece with said face, b. being arranged over an annular band near the periphery of said face, c. having an elongated shape, d. having a constant thickness, said body comprising abrasive material with a non uniform density distribution, the abrasive material having a lower density at said profiles, wherein said profiles extend in a radial direction on the face towards the center of the disk-shaped abrasive body, so that a central flat area, depressed with respect to said profiles, is defined on said face.
2. The cutting wheel according to claim 1, wherein said profiles have a thickness lower than 1 mm.
3. The cutting wheel according to claim 1 or claim 2, wherein said profiles form a plurality of ribs.
4. The cutting wheel according to claim 3, wherein said ribs are separated from each other.
5. The cutting wheel according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein said profiles have a straight extension.
6. The cutting wheel according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein said profiles have a curvilinear extension.
7. The cutting wheel according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein a plurality of grooves for removing chips formed during processing and/or ventilation of the working area, are defined between two successive profiles of said succession.
8. The cutting wheel according to any one of claims 1 to 7, wherein said profiles extends in a radial direction from said face.
9. A method for the manufacture of a cutting wheel according to any one of claims 1 to 8, comprising a step of molding said body with said profiles, so that said profiles are formed of one piece with said face wherein said molding step is achieved in a mold comprising cavities filled with a resilient material, said profiles being formed by said cavities filled with a resilient material.
10. The method according to claim 9, wherein said molding step is achieved by fitting a smooth mold with a perforated disk having patterns forming the raised profiles.
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